Obese couple get baby back despite 6 children still in care

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Obese couple get baby back despite 6 children still in care (click here to read)

Article summary:
The baby girl, who was born by caesarian section at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital on Monday, was taken into care under a child protection order only 28 hours after her birth. A children's panel yesterday ruled that the baby could return to the parents' home on condition that they co-operate "100 per cent" with social workers and local care professionals from a families project. The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, declared: "We are over the moon. We didn't think it was possible.

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Source:
The Scotsman

Date:
23/10/2009 01:00:00

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